Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982

Where—

a permittee has made a nomination under section 35; and

the Minister is of the opinion that the permittee is entitled under that section to nominate the block or blocks specified in the nomination, the Minister must, by notice published in the Gazette, declare the block or blocks to which the nomination relates to be a location.

Where the Minister has made a nomination under section 35(9), the Minister must, by notice published in the Gazette, declare the block or blocks to which the nomination relates to be a location.

The Minister may, at the request of the permittee, revoke a declaration.

The Minister may vary a declaration—

by adding to the location a block in the permit area to which, in the opinion of the Minister, a petroleum pool within the location extends; or

by deleting from the location a block to which, in the opinion of the Minister, no petroleum pool within the location extends.

The Minister may not vary a declaration unless—

the Minister has caused to be served on the permittee notice in writing of the proposed variation, identifying the block to be added to, or deleted from, the location; and

a period of 30 days after the date of service of the notice has expired; and

the Minister has considered any matters submitted to the Minister by the permittee in relation to the proposed variation.

Subsection (5) does not apply where a variation is made at the request of the permittee.